托福阅读机经背景材料：年真正的意思

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1、智课网TOEFL备考资料托福阅读机经背景材料：年真正的意思摘要：托福阅读机经背景材料：年真正的意思。小马小编为各位考生整理托福背景知识，下面就请大家跟随小编一起来了解这些背景知识吧。TheOriginofChineseNewYearTheChineseNewYearisnowpopularlyknownastheSpringFestivalbecauseitstartsfromtheBeginningofSpring(thefirstofthetwenty-fourtermsincoordinationwitht

2、hechangesofNature)。Itsoriginistoooldtobetraced.Severalexplanationsarehangingaround.Allagree，however，thatthewordNian，whichinmodernChinesesolelymeans"year"，wasoriginallythenameofamonsterbeastthatstartedtopreyonpeoplethenightbeforethebeginningofanewyear.春节始于中国农历

3、，其起源因太古老，而无法考究。其中有一种说法是"年"原来是一种怪兽的名字。OnelegendgoesthatthebeastNianhadaverybigmouththatwouldswallowagreatmanypeoplewithonebite.Peoplewereveryscared.Oneday，anoldmancametotheirrescue，offeringtosubdueNian.ToNianhesaid，"Ihearsaythatyouareverycapable，butcanyouswall

4、owtheotherbeastsofpreyonearthinsteadofpeoplewhoarebynomeansofyourworthyopponents?"So，itdidswallowmanyofthebeastsofpreyonearththatalsoharassedpeopleandtheirdomesticanimalsfromtimetotime.传说年有一张大嘴，一口能吞下很多人。人们很害怕。一天，一个老人来了，答应制伏年兽。老头跟年兽说：我听说你很有两下子，可是你能吃了其他那些凶残的野兽吗

5、?于是年兽就把很多其他野兽吃了，但也吃了不少家畜。Afterthat，theoldmandisappearedridingthebeastNian.Heturnedouttobeanimmortalgod.NowthatNianisgoneandotherbeastsofpreyarealsoscaredintoforests，peoplebegintoenjoytheirpeacefullife.Beforetheoldmanleft，hehadtoldpeopletoputupredpaperdecorati

6、onsontheirwindowsanddoorsateachyear'sendtoscareawayNianincaseitsneakedbackagain，becauseredisthecolorthebeastfearedthemost.后来，老头骑着年兽消失了，临走告诉人们，用红色的纸把门和窗装饰起来，以防年兽回来，因为年兽很害怕红色。Fromthenon，thetraditionofobservingtheconquestofNianiscarriedonfromgenerationtogenerati

7、on.Theterm"GuoNian"，whichmaymean"SurvivetheNian"becomestoday"Celebratethe(New)Year"astheword"guo"inChinesehavingboththemeaningof"pass-over"and"observe".Thecustomofputtingupredpaperandfiringfire-crackerstoscareawayNianshouldithaveachancetorunlooseisstillaround

8、.However，peopletodayhavelongforgottenwhytheyaredoingallthis，exceptthattheyfeelthecolorandthesoundaddtotheexcitementofthecelebration.至此，趋赶年兽的方法流传了一代又一代。过年这个词，也由原来的躲避年售，变成现在的庆祝新年。过年帖红纸，放鞭炮的